"cnn newsroom" begins right now. happening now in the "newsroom," breast cancer bombshell. breaking overnight, angelina jolie and her drastic decision to have a secret double mastecto mastectomy. a "the new york times" op-ed entitled my medical choice. also when will it end? >> a pattern becoming one where this administration is not transparent. >> the irs targeting conservative groups, benghazi. and now the justice department secretly collecting phone records of reporters. this as the president going fund-raising with justin bieber and jessica bealle. plus, a cnn exclusive. >> some photos have to tell you are chilling. >> chains, barbed wire, pulleys,

alarming new photos of ariel castro's backyard. our randi kaye tracking the story from cleveland. and boston strong. >> score! >> the bruins coming from behind with a stunning win. you are live in the cnn newsroom. good morning. thank you so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. we begin with a bombshell announcement out of hollywood. one rooted in dark realities and tough choices facing many american women. angelina jolie, undergone a double mastectomy to remove both breasts done as a preventative measure. jolie's mother died of breast cancer six years ago. this is a tribute to her that jolie and her brother posted on youtube. routine tests show the academy award winning actress carried a

mutant gene that put her at higher risk of ovarian and breast cancer. on the op-ed piece in "the new york times," she says, "i wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. but it is one i am very happy and glad that i made. my chances dwoching breast cancer have dropped from 87% to under 5%. i can tell my children they don't need to fear that they will lose me to breast cancer." nischelle turner joins us from los angeles. >> she went on to say in the op-ed and i loves when she says this. i don't feel any less of a woman. i feel empowered. we know, carol -- we don't like to think we're vain as women we think about our physical being and how we look.

but making a sdwigs decision to have your breasts removed is a tough decision. a lot of support for angelina jolie who has invited us into her journey. she called this piece my medical choice and go indepth about her difficult health decision. actress, activist, advocate, mother. angelina jolie is many things and tuesday the actress added proactive survivor to the list. she talked about her decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy, after testing positive for brca 1, increases a woman's risk for certain types of cancer. she writes, my doctors estimated that i had an 87% chance of breast cancer and 50% chance of

ovarian cancer. she began her treatment in february at the pink lotus in los angeles. nine weeks later, she says the final surgery has been completed and her breasts have been reconstructed with implants. cancer is something jolie knows only too well. her mother died six years ago after a decades long battle with ovarian cancer. she was 56. she was talked about in a "60 minutes" interview. >> she didn't have much of her own career own life, her own experiences. everything was for her children. i will never be as good of a mother as she is. i had try my best. >> reporter: at 37, jolie doesn't want the same legacy for her six children. i can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer. jolie says she wrote "the new york times" op-ed to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. but one i'm very happy that i made.

adding she chose not to keep her story private to let other women know they have options. if they too are high risk. it's a bold and public step from a women who is well known for her privacy. >> now, she also says that she will post her regimen on the website of the pink lotus website, where she was treated. she hopes that can also be helpful to other women. >> good for her. nischelle turner live for us this morning. jolie's story hitting close to home. our friend and colleague zoraida sambolin about to undergo a double mastectomy. first, thank you for sharing your story. >> i was trying to figure out, carol, how do i tell the viewers i'll be gone for a while, how do i talk about my breast cancer and double mastectomy, and we walked in, and this is a good entree. i was grateful for angelina

jolie. >> doctors have detected cancer in one breast. why did you decide to have both breasts removed? >> it's a really long and complicated story. but the bottom line is that there is one area that was diagnosed on the left and when i had an mri, another area and then they found that my right breast also, you know, had some issues and they were uncertain exactly what it was. and they wanted to go in and do a bunch of biopsies and i've been through this a lot recently and i said, look, at the end of the day, i need to have peace of mind and sleep at night. i have two kids that are my world. like any woman, right? and it's what you think about. i thought for me this would be the best decision moving forward so that i could feel confident that it's something i'm not going to have to deal with that much more in the future. >> your kids. angelina jolie did this for her children, and i'm sure you are doing this for your children too in part. how did you tell them?

>> that's my son that are you looking at there. nicco, and i got to tell you, carol, there were a couple of things that were really difficult. that's sophia. and this was the major one. how do you tell your children what you are going through? so i bought a book and it's breast cancer for dummies and it's really a great book. i read it through myself, and i sat down with my son and i asked him, i said, nicco, when you think of breast cancer, what do you think of? and the words out of his mouth were incredible. he said i think of a fight. well this is good. a good beginning, because now i can explain to you what i'm going through. and i took that book and i walked him through what my journey was going to be like. and at the end of the day, it allowed me to explain something that is a little complicated for a 14-year-old to understand, but it allowed him to understand that my choice is to live. my choice is to be there for them. at the end of the day, that was the best decision for me. every woman has to make her own decision based on all of the information that she gets from

her doctors and all of the research she does, and talking to other women very important. my daughter, 9 years old, carol, and i had no idea how i would talk to her about this. i read a lot. sat down with sophia and asked what she thinks of breast cancer. i think about losing hair and being really sick. i won't lose my hair and i'm not going to be really sick, and i so explained to her i had breast cancer. and her next question to me, why did you want that picture you asked me for a week ago. moved on. it was the greatest gift. you have to think about who you are talking to. and for a 9-year-old, that's all she needed to hear and she was done with it. >> thank you for sharing, zoraida we so appreciate it. we do. >> carol, can i say one more thing? >> sure. >> this is really important and we talked this morning about elizabeth cohen, we have our website here at cnn that has been a valuable resource for me, and i want to make sure that women are empowered and that the

men in their lives are empowered to get information. go to cnn.com and get as much information as you possibly can, and the other thing, for women to be vigilant. and dedicated to their care. because i have been, i have been very, very vigilant with this iss issue, the good news, my prognosis is really good because of that. >> and we'll be praying for you, thank you, zoraida, thank you so much. and this news comes out of moscow. russia's fsb counterintelligence agency has detained this woman, ryan fogel, u.s. diplomat that russia claims is a cia agent. this man caught with all kind of gear, naiveknifes, wigs, sun gl, and large sums of money. tell us more, phil.

>> carol, the fsb made this announcement. they picked up this man, ryan fogle overnight and officially his job at the u.s. embassy, third secretary in the political department, but he really works for the cia. caught him in the act in trying to recruit a member of russia's special services and released a series of photos, which show the arrest and what they have caught him with. they show what they describe as special technical devices, written instructions to the man he was trying to recruit. large sum of cash as well as items which they say could be used to disguise someone's identity. look at the photos in convince, the before and after photos of the arrest show that the man they picked up, seems to have been wearing a wig beforehand and got him locked up in a room later on, not wearing a wig. we're told he has since been released and returned to the u.s. embassy, but the russian fsb, federal security service, says in recent times, monitoring and tracking numerous attempts

by the cia to recruit members of its own special services. >> russia returned this guy to the u.s. embassy. what happens now? >> well, because he appears to have diplomatic status and presumably he has diplomatic immunity from prosecution. the question, whether or not he will bible l be able to be allo stay in the country. presumably we think no. no response from the u.s. embassy just yet. no response from the u.s. government either, carol. >> phil black reporting live this morning. also getting a new look at photos taken inside the backyard of kidnapping suspect ariel castro. pictures obtains exclusively by cnn's "ac 360." a neighbor, who didn't want to be identified, snapped the pictures. you can see the conditions at cleveland's house of horror. barbed wire, chains, even a

small bicycle. everything protected from the outside world by big tarps. randi kaye with more on the new photos. >> take a look city wide shot. a wide shot at the backyard. a mess, it looks like a junkyard. a car off to the right that may be a child would ride in. to the left, a kids's basketball net there and that's the garage, of course, in the distance. quite a mess. this next photo is really telling. there were spoolz and spoolz of barbed wire all over the yard. thick rolls of it like you see in these photos. we know, of course, three women were held for years against their will. this may have been used to keep captives inside in case they made a run for it perhaps. likely to keep anyone from the outside from getting in. that stuff can do some real damage to swuchbl this is a picture of a chain, around a tree. you can see it there. and castro did have puppies, our

guy who took these photos says hundreds of chains, not just a couple of yard chains. hundreds of thick heavy chains in the yard. the police report said he had kept the girls chained up in the basement originally and then chained up elsewhere in the home. also, you can see in the one photo, a pulley in the grass, he had some type of pulley system, unclear as to why. if you look, we found some bicycles in the back yard in the photos. a couple of red bikes leaning against the house. bicycles that children would use. castro did have grandkids, the bikes may belong to them and this other bike certainly caught our attention. barbe bike, pink and clearly made for a little girl. we know, of course, as you said, the daughter, ammonia berry had with ariel castro lived in that house. maybe for her to use. certainly a picture of innocence there in the backyard behind what many are calling a house of

horrors. and incredibly creepy. and also one other thing, speaking of creepy. a mirror hanging up at castro's back door, which is now boarded up. this is critical. it also -- it allowed him to stand at his back door and see whoever was coming up the driveway, even though it was completely out of view for him. possibly this was used to prevent any surprise visitors. one neighbor told the guy who took this photo that when he would visit castro at his home, before he could get halfway up the driveway, castro would pop out the front door as if he was expecting him or knew he was coming and clearly we know why. this photo shows how farrar yell castro went to shield himself and his victims from others. you can take a look at the gray wood that's in the windows. the guy who took these photos said castro removed windows and we saw them scattered in the yard in other photos and replaced them with wood

panelling all over the house. from the backyard as i said. nobody then could see what or who was in that house. and finally, another way to shield himself, take a look at the last photo. garage, but to the left, you can see the blue tarp, apparently he tarped over the whole backyard. brew tarp, green tarp, gray tarp. buttons of piping also found in the yard and other rolls of tarp on the ground. certainly not in short supply. maybe planning to do more tarp work, wanted to make sure no one could see what was going on in the yard or anywhere else in the house. >> the neighbor who took the photos said he took those to show it was there. he cannot believe no one knew what was going on and doesn't want it to happen again. a new controversy for the obama administration this time the spotlight on the justice department. getting slammed by the associated press for secretly

collecting telephone records of news reporters and editors. this amid news that the house will hold hearings this friday even the irs revelation that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. joining me now, briana keilar and joe johns. >> good morning, carol. the white house has had a tough week with no signs of it let t buffeted by controversy over the terrorist attack in benghazi, the irs and now news that the justice department seized records from reporters. as a series of controversies boiled over in washington, president obama left town. >> i sure want to do some governing. i want to get stuff done. >> reporter: head lining new york city fund rrais-raisers am

report that there were phone records seized from ap reporters, and that they downplayed the attack on benghazi and that the irs targeted conservative groups. just hours before, obama addressed the ifrp rs scandal. >> if, in fact, irs personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on, and were intelligently targeted, conservative groups, that's outrageous and no place for it. >> reporter: the agency's watchdog, expected to release a report this week that shows the irs targeted applicants that made statements that criticize how the country is being run. this as e-mails became public showing the administration changed cia talking points on terrorist involvement in the libya attack, just before the presidential election. >> the whole issue of this -- of

talking points, frankly, throughout this process, has been a side show. suddenly, flee days ago, this gets spun up as if there is something new to the story. there is no there there. >> but republicans see opportunity and accusing the president of hiding the truth. >> where is the outrage all along as things like this keep happening? the pattern becoming one in which this administration is not transparent and don't seem to care if the right things are done. >> reporter: politically, these are gift that keep on giving for republicans, the chair of the house judiciary committee says as far as the latest controversy involving the seizure of records from associated press reporters and editors, he will fully investigate that and, carol, tomorrow, attorney general eric holder already set to testify at a previously scheduled hearing,

and will be asked about that. we'll expect fireworks on wednesday and as well as the hearing on friday. >> briana keilar reporting. more on the shocking allegations leveled by the associated press against the justice department. joe johns tracking developments. the ap says this "is a massive and unprecedented intrusion." >> a sweeping search for information. and legal experts say this is an unusual case. the associated press says the government subpoenas this information, two months of telephone records for five reporters, and an editor we know of at the ap from bureaus in d.c., new york, connecticut. the government hasn't said why it needed information. but the latest attempt to investigate unauthorized disclosure of leaks. an investigation promised after a story surfaced about an alleged bomb plot.

members of congress in both parties asking about this. including the chair of the oversight committee. >> how did this come to light? how did the ap find out that the justice department was collecting information? >> they got a letter from a man named ronald macon, the united states attorney for the district of columbia. sent a letter to them telling them about this, and those are about all of the details. we do have a statement from the united states attorney's office in the district of columbia, essentially he says that they take seriously their obligations to follow all laws, federal regulations, department of justice policies when issuing subpoenas of media organizations and the regs require to us make every reasonable effort to obtain information through alternative means, so we're waiting to find out just what they did, did they follow procedures, and what people on capitol hill are saying, carol? >> all right. we'll talk more about this later

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hatfield who as you know, an internet sensation this week with his space oddity music video. david cameron in boston to offer condolences to the marathon bombings. he visited a memorial in copley square with deval patrick. he met with president obama at the white house yesterday. and next hour, prince harry will tour the jersey shore. he wanted to get a first-hand look at the devastation left behind by superstorm sandy and meet survivors before his trip ends tomorrow. chris christie will be his tour guide. the mayor spoke to poppy harlow a moment ago. >> it shows people across the country that this town was hit relatively hard, considering what happened and his presence alone should -- >> reporter: it is important that prince harry is coming here today? >> absolutely.

i think any time you can get a positive story on the rebuilding of what we're doing in seaside heights, let the people get a visu visual aid of what's going on. >> seven months since sandy and i have seen it around here. a lot of progress has been made, but a lot of work to be done. does this help a lot in putting new jersey, the coast, back on the map in terms of the aid that many argue is needed here? >> i would hope it does. not just for seaside heights, i like the way you put it. aid not only here but for the coast. seaside heights was hurt. some towns are much worse. and i we all hope to come back. >> interesting, this royal frenzy. when we come to the united states and you told me that the frenzy about prince harry's

visit is larger when vice president joe biden was here. >> to be perfectly honest, and not taking anything from the vice president, but i think as americans, we are used to seeing the vice president. he has a more exposure on the daily basis, and the prince coming here, being here in person, something seaside heights has never had in our 100 years in existence. >> what are you and governor christie going to show prince harry today. >> we're showing each other different things. first, the prince is coming here and i know one thing very important to him coming into the visit. he wanted to meet the first responders, i think that's something near and dear to him. very grateful for that. everyone forgets while we're rebuilding, we didn't have loss of life, they are responsible for that. we are grateful for that. we want to show not only the prince, but we want to show everybody that sea side heights

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good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. it's 31 minutes past the hour. allegations of big brother abound this morning. lawmakers blasting the justice department for secretly obtaining two months of phone records from journalists. and the irs for targeting

conservative groups, despite being questioned about the practice last year. here is the former irs commissioner, doug shulman, assuring a congressional committee that such a thing could not possibly happen. >> we pride ourselves on being a nonpolitical, nonpartisan organization there is absolutely no targeting. this is the kind of back and forth that happens when people apply for 501 c 4 status. >> yet here we are, investigating whether the urs did indeed target tea party groups. kevin yoder on capitol hill this morning. welcome, congressman. >> thanks for having me on the show this morning. >> you are in kansas city this morning, not washington. apologize. first question. do you think mr. shulman was lying? or just didn't know? >> well, that's a very good question. we don't know what mr. shulman knew. i had a chance to ask him questions before the committee,

asking him if targeting was going on, if conservative groups or any groups were being targeted. he made it clear that the irs would not tolerate such a thing, and had safeguards built into place and he said unikwequivoca it wasn't going on. we have to find out what people knew and what they did about it. if they knew nothing, we have gross incompetence. if they did know, we have individuals lying to congress. we have to get to the bottom of this as we investigate the stunning and troubling admission the irs made over the weekend. >> the irs search for political sounding names started in 2010. shulman, a bush appointee. no longer commissioner at irs. in your mind, if he didn't know about these things, what does that tell you about the

organization? i know what you just said, but could someone be operating without his knowledge? >> well, it's certainly possible and certainly possible there was a coverup that folks were trying to hide the information. originally, the story was that only a few folks in cincinnati had done this on their own. over the last day or so it's become apparent that individuals in washington knew about this, maybe even acting commissioner miller knew about this, and we're just in the first few days of this controversy and a lot of facts to learn, but i can tell you that many americans are just tremendously troubled, democrats and republicans that the irs would engage in targeting political opponents, the worst of what people think goes on in washington, d.c. as members of congress, we are arriving on capitol hill this week, and we've got to get to the bottom of this, it can't happen again, we need to find out who did what, and how far does this go to the top? >> if these things are true,

people will be held fully accountable. what does that mean in your mind? >> that's a great question. we have seen different situations, fast and furious, benghazi, a variety of things where the president says people will be held accountable and we don't see that. the american people want to see the administration as a whole be held accountable. i don't know how the president can say these are things that happened without my knowledge, i was ignore ant and i'll hold people accountable. these are things going on within the president's administration, targeting opponents of the president. these groups didn't support the re-election, was there suppression of the information. he learned about this by watching cnn. the president would have greater access to information than watching cable news. if that's how the president learning about these things who in his administration is hiding facts. we know that the inspector

general's officials, they knew this report was coming and not until the very last minute did they even admit this happened at the irs. so why did the president learn it by learn about it by watching tv? >> i am just wondering, lawmakers will hold a hearing on this issue to get to the bottom of it, but if the irs already admitted mistakes were made, why can't someone just go in and fire whoever is responsible for those mistakes? >> why do we have to go through the hearing? >> i think that's certainly going to be part of it? >> we want to know who knew what and when they knew it. it isn't just a rogue actor, quite often people at high-ranking officials. that's a problem if we have people in the cabinet or

administration that aren't coming forward to tell him about this. i would be upset if i were him that no one told me. and no one is telling the american people. when i asked commissioner shulman about this in 201 2shg he said he absolutely can assure us this isn't happening. that's a real problem for the american people when appointees of the president come before congress and assure us that there is no cause for concern, and we find out later that absolutely it was going on. so how did that happen? how can we avoid that, and we'll look at criminal penalties going forward. someone said this isn't illegal, you can do this under the color of the law, that's a real problem for americans too, that this is allowable. just the tip of the iceberg. one of the situations, one of the rare moments where democrats and republicans both rightly are outragesed and we have to get to the bottom of this. >> kevin yoder, thank you for being with us sthis morning. >> thank you very much. we'll talk to michigan

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. opening bell rang just moments ago. and alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. why the slowdown? >> a case of investors saying let's breathe in, breathe out. assess what's going on. dow closed lower in two of the three sessions and getting

signals that the record run may be starting to run out of steam. of course, i know, i know, we've said that before. also seeing small gains being made this morning. the gains may be limited. investors reacting to comments that the philadelphia branch of the federal reserve, what he made last night. charles blouser, he thinks the job market is strong enough to scale back the stimulus program as early as the middle of next month, and the program could end by the middle of next year. it gave a boost or wealth effect to the markets. again expanding the latest fed stimulus, currently one of the nonvoting members of the federal open market committee, this could be all talk and may not really have a huge impact anyway. carol. >> alison kosik reporting live from the new york stock exchange. up next, a grayer and much heavier o.j. simpson returns to court more than four years after

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o.j. simpson could take the stand tomorrow as he tries to get a new trial. he briefly flashed the familiar fwr grin in a las vegas courtroom. the time in prison clearly showed on his face and body. paul ver cak vercammen back in . >> yesterday, quite focused, as he listened to the testimony. today, a parade of lawyers will take the stand. heavier and grayer, disgraced football legend o.j. simpson stepped into a las vegas courtroom after 4 1/2 years in prison for kidnap, assault, and armed robbery. the new simpson legal team

presenting 19 claims that shows he in the kidnapping trial he should get a new trial. new lead attorney patricia palm argues simpson never told about an offered plea deal and should have taken the witness stand. gabe grasso emphatically told the court on monday that he wanted twant wanted simpson to testify that. >> o.j. can explain himself very well, and i thought he would be a great witness. >> reporter: simpson's lawyers tried to show the former heisman trophy winner had been drinking alcohol, which impaired him from seeing that his cohorts carried guns into the confrontation. galanter knew about simpson's plan to get back the memorabilia. his daughter took the stand saying that she was at dinner the night before the incident.

>> was your dad drinking alcohol that night? >> yes. >> do you recall overhearing any conversation about your dad's plan to go look at his property the next day? >> yes. >> and who did you hear talking about that? >> my dad was talking to yo. >> reporter: simson waiting to testify in this hearing >> this is his first time tell what happened. you have to remember, the evidence in this case, extremely conflicting from all of the witnesses. >> reporter: simpson may take the stand as soon as wednesday. first up today, once again, gabe grasso, who was once simpson's co-counsel. carol. >> paul vercammen live from vegas for us. a bessusy time from nasa. some of the most intense flares of the year. more when we come back. twenty-five thousand mornings, give or take, is all we humans get.

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at 51 minutes past the hour. time to check our top stories. american airlines plane had been to diverted to kansas city after a passenger would not stop singing a whitney houston song! ♪

♪ love you >> wouldn't that make your flight pleasant? the cross country flight made the stop thursday because that passenger simply would not stop singing "i will always love you." even when she was let off the plane! the woman was questioned and then released. no charges were filed. aviation officials say the woman blamed the endless performance on our diabetes. in money news. square. the mobile payment service is banning gun sales. a company spokesman says the move is not related to the recent gun control gdebate in washington. nasa more solar flares erupting on the sun. because of these flares, the sun is sending up billions of tons of solar particles into space. and, right now, those particles are not directed at earth. never say die. the boston bruins complete a stunning comeback in the nhl

playoffs and move on to the second round. bleacher report is coming your way next!

it was a historic comeback for the boston bruins last night against the toronto maple leafs. the bruins did something in a playoff game seven that has never been done before.

jared greenberg is here with this morning's bleacher report. >> good morning, carol. don't ever count out the boston bruins down three goals in the third period against toronto. the bruins were not only facing their third straight loss, boston was also on the brink of its season coming to an end. but then the bruins rallied to get within one. now under a minute to go. patrice bergeron, a blast and he buries. improbable comeback. two goals in 90 seconds to force overtime. first team to score wins. bergeron comes through again! game over! series over. the bruins become the first team to ever win a game seven when trailing by three in the third period. they are fired up in beantown! >> we stayed resilient, i guess, is what i can say, we found a way and, you know, not necessarily the way we would of liked to play the whole game, but, you know, like i said we showed some character coming

back in the game. elation in boston. but the front cover of the toronto sun. the choke's on us. while the bruins advance to face the new york rangers, the maple leafs are done. the heat/bulls game was a joke but dwyane wade, carol, was seriously wearing this. a polka dot suit with capri pants and loafers! >> just like that guy from "fun." >> yeah. sometimes curious confidence, don't you think. that may be the most entertaining part of the game. final hoops but at the wrong bask. miami with a blowout win over the heat. they lead the series three games to one and can close things out hopefully because this series has been ugly since game two and they will have that opportunity on wednesday. number two on bleacher report.com's lineups. scary moment for national star outfielder bryce harper. he goes face-first into the

wall. typically, this type of thing happens when an outfielder he leaves their feed. he runs into the wall ignoring the running track. stitches to his chin and no concussion and relatively speaking, bryce harper is okay. the good news if you're a nationals fan they go on to beat the dodgers. >> that was painful to watch. >> so was the dwyane wade altitude. >> it was pretty bad. he is an attractive man but that was pretty bad. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" after a break. themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors even handle the checkout so we can work on that thing that's stuck in the thing. [ female announcer ] today, cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everyone goes home happy.

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happening now in the newsroom. breast cancer bombshell. breaking overnight, angelina jolie and her drastic decision to have a secret double mastectomy. a "the new york times" op-ed titled "my medical choice. >> ahead her tough and bold decision. also when will it end? >> the pattern is becoming one in which this administration is not transparent. >> busted ben ghazi claims. the irs allegedly targeting conservative groups. now the justice department secretly collecting phone records of reporters. this as the president goes

fund-raising. plus, a cnn exclusive. >> some of these photos i have to tell you are chilling. >> chains. barbed wire. pulleys. alarming new photos of aerial castro's backyard. our randi kaye tracking the story from cleveland this morning. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." good morning. thank you so much for being with me. i'm carol costello. we begin with a bombshell announcement off the hollywood and one rooted in the it tough choices facing many american women. actress ankle lean ya jolie said she has undergone a double mastectomy to remove both of hearse breasts and did it as a preventive measure. her mother died of ovarian cancer six years ago. this is a tribute that she and err brother posted on youtube. they carried a mutant jean that

put her in a greater risk of breast cancer. jolie said she wrestled with the same soul-searching decision as many american families. i want to write this to have the decision to have a mastectomy is not my decision. my chances of developing breast cancer dropped from 87% to under 5%. i can tell my children they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer. "showbiz tonight" host a.j. harmer is here with more. >> it is extremely important that ankle lean angelina jolie d with this. her news striking such a chord with every woman this morning and a huge motivating factor in how she revealed her news in the op-ed piece and makes that clear

in what she wrote. she says he choose nod to keep my story private because many women do not know they might be living under the shadow of kansas city. it is my hope they will be able to get gene cancer and if they have a high risk they, too, will know they have strong options. her mother are breast cancer and passed away six years ago at the age of 56. angelina spoke about her mom graciously in a 60-minute interview. >> my mother was a full-time mother. she didn't have much of her own career, her own life, her own experiences, her own, you know, everything was for her children. i will never be as good a mother as she was. i will try my best but i don't think i could ever be. she was just grace and she was the most generous loving -- she's better than me. >> even though angelina jolie is only 37 years old, she felt the

need to deal with this threat now. she certainly did not come forward with this news in any way to bolster her image but it does really reinforce the positive impact that she has sought to have with her position of influence over the years, interesting to note, carol, about a month ago on april 5th, she did appear at the women in the world summit. she was in a very flowing gown at this event and she didn't speak with reporters on the red carpet. at the time i remember people commenting how covered up and modest she seemed. not like the angelina jolie we observe see on the red carpet. now we have a sense of the time line of what she had been dealing with at the time i think it says a great deal she would honor hearses to be at this event and put hearses out like that. most importantly, carol, this brings an essential conversation to the forefront. >> absolutely. we will continue that conversation. a.j. hammer, many thanks to you. our next guest also went public with this private decision weeks after leaving as the anchor of "the cbs morning

show. >> renay siler joins us now. angelina jolie made this decision when she was 37 years old. at what point does do you sit down and sit down and decide this is the time? >> well, i think, you know, in the case with her, you know, she's a mom, she's got young children. she has a strong family history and diagnosed as someone who had the mutation for bx rbrach 1 or 2. she made the decision i was i wanted to be around a long time for my kids. i had young children too. she wanted to be here for her kids, the same i think a lot of women who undergo a procedure like this do. >> if you read her op-ed, i did this for my children, but just because i don't have my breasts any more doesn't make me less

feminine or less as a woman. it struck me she thought that was also important to put in that op-ed. >> i think it's interesting to note. i mean, this is a woman who is a hollywood actress and sexuality is a big part of who she is. but i got a lot of that too right after my procedure a lot of people would say what did your husband say and how cdid yu feel? i never felt less of a woman because my breasts weren't here. i'm sorry if i get teary or emotional about this. it's important to know for me it was a big decision because if a part of me was gone and the whole of me was here and i could be here for my kids, then that was really what it was about. it was about taking control and living the kind of life that i wanted to live and being a good example, you know, about health and wholeness to my kids. >> and you've continued -- oh! thank you so much for sharing your story! and you've continued to share your story and you also do so --

i mean, you do community work to get the message out. tell me why this particular issue -- and i know the answer already -- but tell us why it's so important to share your story and why it's so important for angelina jolie to share hers as well. >> because at the end of the day, this is about education and it's about control and taking control of the kind of life you want to lead. i think women need to understand that i hear this a lot. carol, i wrote it about today on my website today too. i hear people say, i don't know to know. if i have breast cancer, i don't want to know. you're going to know, whether you know soon enough to do anything about it or it's too late, you will find out. and it's really, in my mind, this was a very pro active step on her part. the fact she is speaking about it, the fact she is stating i'm here, i'm strong, i'm healthy, i'm here for my kids and here to raise and give voice to a lot of women. i applaud her for making a very difficult decision and one i

know all too well. >> we applaud you as well. rene syler, thank you for sharing. we appreciate it. >> thank you, carol. former cold war rival is at it again. rugs sha counterintelligence agency says it has caught a u.s. spy red-handed. earlier they detained this man identified as ryan fogle a u.s. diplomat. photos show this man was caught with all this gear like wigs and sunglasses and large sums of glass. phil is here in moscow to tell us more. >> according to the us embassy ryan fogle is the third in the embassy there but according to the fsb he is a cia operative who they say they caught while trying to recruit one of their own members. one of russia's special

services. as you've said, this relates to it these photos and videos show him caught on the streets of moscow last night and county with what would seem to be a spy kit. he was wearing a blond wig at the time and said he was found with what they describe as special technical devices and written instructions from the man he was trying to recruit, a large sum of cash and these items to disguise his identity as well. he was taken to the fsb holding place and told he has since been relieved to the u.s. embassy. and the fsb has said this is only one of a series of recent attempted recruitments that have been made by the cia here in russia but they say they have been monitoring them and tracking them all very closely. carol? >> what is the u.s. government saying about this? >> no response so far from either the u.s. embassy here in moscow or the u.s. government. i think the next interesting step is to see what russia does. do they order this man to be

expelled from russia and also possible that the russians could expel one and this could be a tit for tat diplomatic expulsion type of episode and what this man is accused of doing. >> phil black reporting for urs this morning. the news department on the defense after the associated press said the justice department secretly collected telephone records of its reporters and editors. a bit of a o1-2 punch that it dd target conservative groups for extra scrutiny. cnn is covering all of these developments. crime and justice department joe johns and chief congressional correspondent dana bash join me now. joe, i start with you. the two months worth of records,

do we have any idea why it did this? >> the government has not said why it needed the information but apparently the latest controversial attempt to investigate unauthorized disclosure of classified information leaks. an investigation was promised after a story surfaced in may of 2012 about an alleged bomb plot that failed against a u.s.-bound plane. the associated press says the government subpoenaed this information two months of telephone records, five reporters, an editor all at the associated press that we know of from bureaus in d.c., new york and connecticut. members of congress from both parties asking about it. one question is whether the attorney general eric holder signed off or if he recused himself. do we have the sound bite? >> this sneak and peek kind of approach was done. you can imagine if congress wanted to know about leaks that, obviously, came out of the administration that ended up in the press they would be outraged if they tried to get that

information. they are looking what is considered to be confidential. people wanted the pentagon papers too but it didn't mean you could look behind the doors broadly the way they are doing. >> eric holder is expected to give a news conversation in washington, d.c. and we will probably get questions on this. ronald macon is the attorney general in washington, d.c. pointed to investigate this story and how it made its way into the public. he issued a statement through his public affairs officer saying they take their obligations to follow all law seriously but not much more than that. carol? >> joe johns, interesting. now to dana bash. the acting head of the irs will head to capitol hill this friday to do what, dana? >> he is going to testify. will be the first hearing that we are going to see, public hearing with irs officials about this issue and it is going to be something that republicans and

democrats alike are press him on. ♪ you keep paying taxes >> reporter: a tea party rally on april 15th, tax day, 2010. >> the government doesn't have any money. that's our money and i'm taxed enough already! >> reporter: each as they protested high taxes and big government, the tax collecting irs was secretly targeting them. in march of 2010, irs agents in cincinnati, ohio, handling tax exemption began singling out groups. groups in primary political activity are not permitted tax-exempt status. by august of 2010, irs agents made tea party targeting more formal and issuing a be on the look out for local organizations in the tea party movement. as a result, tea party activists

felt harded. justin thomas said lengthy questionnaires got personal. even machinientioning his name. >> this past friday, more than three years later, lois learner admitted her employees were targeting tea party groups. cnn obtained this audio i. they used names like tea party or patriots and selected cases because the application had those names in the title. that was wrong. that was absolutely incorrect. it was insensitive and it was inappropriate. >> reporter: that admission prompted better condemnation. >> a terrible reach of the public's trust. >> reporter: what is making the irs problems worse it appears irs organizations and even learner were not up front with congress. according to this irs time line

learner was informed back in june of 2011 that hair agents were targeting tea party groups and other dealing with government taxes and cnn learn that learner failed to disclose what she knew to two separate house committees both in letters and face-to-face meetings with congressional investigators and in march of 2012, nine months after learner was informed irs agents were singling out tea party groups, irs commissioner douglas shulman was asked about it in a hearing. >> can you give us assurance that they are not targeting particular groups? >> reporter: he denied it. >> this is when people ply for 5 501c4 status. >> reporter: i'm torlld he didn know what was going on until later in the spring but that raises a lot of questions about his deputies, whether they knew about it. and there is a current irs

commissioner serving right now steven miller who is going to testify later this week. i'm told he was informed about this targeting in may of 2012 which is a full year ago. republicans in the senate and the house who are investigating this they tell us he neglected to inform them what he knew and that he had information about this. he had various opportunities to do so, they say, and he simply did not. >> dana bash, thanks so much. in a few minutes i will be talking to michigan congressman sander levin of the house and means committee which will hold a hearing on the irs actions this friday. the outrage over the controversy is bringing both sides of the political aisle together. you've heard the response from some congressional republicans but the left is also weighing in. the aclu among them. the chief of staff for the group's washington legislative office saying, quote, even the appearance of playing partisan politics with the tax code is about as constitutionally troubling as it gets. join me is ben whisner.

thank you for being with us. >> glad to be here, carol but i do have to take issue with you calling us from a the left. we are a nonpartisan organization and our criticism is of both parties when they violate the law. >> point taken. so getting to why this is such a grievous error on the irs part to target individuals for their political views. >> well, let's see what the facts show and it's absolutely good development that there are going to be hearings on this but it's hard to imagine something more constitutionally troubling than an agency like the irs which enforces our tax laws and using its broad investigate tory authority. this happened during the nixon administration and a revelation. if it does turn out that senior officials and the irs were aware of this and directing this, that

is a serious abuse of power, real misconduct and i hope the administration and congress will both dig into it. >> i thought this couldn't happen after the watergate scandal. >> again, we don't know yet what this is. you know, at what level -- >> the irs admitted it made mistakes. >> right. no question about it that based on what we know right now, this was quite a serious abuse. there is absolutely no jisks for the irs to investigate based on people's political ideology. they should be conducting their investigations based on evidence. now if they had evidence that groups were manipulating the tax code to engage in improper tax exempt improper activities, no one is saying they shouldn't conduct those investigations in the first place but if they are doing those based on the ideology of the groups involved that is absolutely serious abuse of power and needs to be investigated. there should be consequences for

that. >> so the president says if, you know, those dire consequences you're speaking of are proved, then the people should be held accountable. what should be done? >> well, again, at a minimum, people who are involved in this decision should not be serving in our government. again, this is a serious abuse of power. whether, you know, laws were broken here or something that ought to be examined in the course of these hearings and it may be that there are additional consequences that need to flow, i'm sure congress will be effective in getting to the bottom of this and it may be, although it's hard to believe that the irs needs even clearer policies, clearer guidelines for how an investigation can be initiated. >> ben wizner, thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it. >> sure. glad to be here. brand-new live pictures to show you. the crowd of people there in the jersey shore, governor chris christie along with prince harry you can see -- well, the

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let's take another look at these live pictures coming in now from new jersey along the jersey shore in seaside heights. you can see prince harry there in the middle. the guy in the white shirt in the middle is chris christie and stan standing next to him is prince harry. harry is getting a tour of the damage left over after superstorm sandy and the progress being made on the jersey shore. poppy harlow, are you there? where are you? how far away are you from prince harry? >> reporter: good morning, carol. we are in the town right next door to where governor christie and the prince and their entourage are. they are touring the worst hit areas of new jersey and this is what prince harry wanted to do

is see the towns that were had the worse so he could get a sense of the damage seven months after hurricane sandy. governor christie gave president obama a similar tour after sandy. now we have prince harry here. their arrival here where i'm standing in seaside heights is emin a minu imminent. this boardwalk just finished up repairs here in anticipation of his arrival. the point is put a spotlight on what still needs to be done. all of the repair is needed not only for the jersey shore but a lot of the coastline on the east coast from the damage of sandy. someone close to the prince on this u.s. tour telling us that governor christie is very grateful for the spotlight that prince harry is putting on the rebuilding effort. still it hasn't been in the spotlight for a number of months. so that's important. i had a chance a little yaerl to speak with the mayor of this town bill akers. listen to what he had to say. >> the prince is coming here and

i know one thing that was very important to him coming into the visit, he had -- he wanted to meet the first responders. i think that is something that is near and dear to him. and we were very grateful for that because everyone forgets that while we're rebuilding, we didn't have any loss of life and they are responsible for that sew grateful for that. what we want to show not only the prince but seaside heights is doing. we said we were going to be ready and we are going to give you the visual aid to let you know we are ready for that holiday weekend. >> reporter: again, one of the important things for prince harry we are told is meet and greet the first responders and some to my left and he will do that shortly when he arrives. >> he is doing that right now, poppy. i can see the picture better than you. he is doing that right now. the first responders are lined up on the side of the road and prince harry shook each and every one of their hands and now chatting with one of them, along with the governor. >> reporter: he is doing that. this is in the town next door to

where we are, seaside heights. when he comes here we are told he will do the same thing, meet and greet some of the first responders in hurricane sandy. they didn't have any lives lost in this town after sandy. that is important to the prince. he'll play some games here, we are told, make the rounds here. plenty of photo-ops and later today he'll head into manhattan and he is going to go to a british trade greet meeting it's auld calleden he'll be there with david cameron, the prime minister. then he heads up to harlem and in a baseball event for underprivileged youth and tonight you have to raise some money when you're in new york so he is going to have a fund-raiser, money for a number of of his different foundations. >> probably wounded warriors because something else he is doing while here in the united states. we are going to watch prince harry and leave you where you are so you can bring us the latest information on the prince who seems to be having a good time out there getting up close

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good morning. thank you so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. 30 minutes past the hour. let's head back to seaside heights, new jersey. the middle in the greenish shirt there is governor chris christie and beside him in the white shirt is prince harry. you can see they are surrounded by residents of seaside heights and also by emergency responders. governor christie is taking prince harry on a tour to show him the devastation left over by superstorm sandy but also to show him how much that community has rebuilt. and how supportive the residents are of one another and how grateful those residents are to the first responders because no lives were lost in superstorm sandy but of course, so much to rebuild out in that area. prince harry will stay on the jersey shore for a couple of more hours. our poppy harlow is there and we

will back to her in a second. i wanted to show you that terrific picture. other top stories to tell you about this morning. the actress angelina jolie is going public with a very personal decision. this morning she is announcing she has undergone a double mastectomy to remove both breasts. she discovered she had a mutant gene that puts her at greater risk of breast and ovarian cancer. the same disease that killed her mom. in moscow a counterintelligence agency turned over a man they call is a spy for the cia. he is identified as ryan fogle. a u.s. diplomat that u.s. claims is a spy. the photos showed this man was carrying a spy kit, wigs and knives and lots of money. fogle detained briefly before turned over to the u.s. embassy. not yet been a response from the u.s. government. in money news. square, the mobile payment service, is banning gun sales. a company spokesman says the move is not related to the recent gun control debate in washington.

square allows retailers to use mobile devices to process credit cards. back now to one of our big stories of the day. the fallout from the irs targeting of conservative groups. the agency now admitting mistakes were made. president obama vowing that anyone involved will be, quote, be held fully responsible. that could start with a hearing this friday before the house, ways and means committee. joining me now, michigan congressman mr. levin, the ranking member of that committee. congressman, welcome. >> glad to be with you, carol. >> i think there has somebody critique that democrats haven't rushed forward to condemn the mistakes made by the irs. why haven't democrats been more forthcoming? >> we have been. the president said what was happening was outrageous and i made it clear that the singling out in 2010 tea party patriots

was outrageous as the president said. should never have happened so we have been very clear about that. >> congressman, there were irs officials who testified before congressional committees and said they didn't know of any targeting of conservative groups. we now find out that that wasn't true. doubt that they were lying? i mean, what do you think happened there? >> i don't know if commissioner shulman was telling the truth or not. i don't know when he was informed but i'll tell you this is clear. if he was informed after that hearing, he should have come back to congress and said what he knew. there was a total failure by the commissioner and others to let us know what was going on and that is outrageous. >> i spoke with republican congressman kevin yoder earlier. here is what he had say about this irs scandal and its impact

on the obama white house. >> i think the american people want to see the administration as a whole held accountable. i'm not sure how the president can continue to say these are things that happened without my knowledge, i was ignorant of them and hold people accountable. ultimately it lies at the president's feet. these are things going on within his administration targeting opponents of the president. these are mostly groups that didn't support the president's re-election. was there a suppression of that information? the president said on friday that he learned about this essentially by watching cnn. you'd think that the president had greater access to information than following it on cable news like the rest of the country. so if that is how the president is learning about these things, who in his administration is hiding these facts? >> is it possible that the president didn't know any of this? >> sure, it is. look. i don't think we should politicize this. i heard the representative's statements. we should not politicize this. shulman was pointed by president

bub. i bush. i'm not holding president bush responsible for this. why they singled out tea party patriot was a serious mistake and worse than a mistake and never should have happened. after that three different formulations used by the irs as to how they were going to handle this. look. they made serious mistakes. they should have let us know what was going on. we should not have heard about this at an aba meeting when lois lerner said she had something to say. that is not the way it should have been conducted and should not have started on that path in the first place and when they learned it at the very top of the irs they should have immediately been back in touch bus. i want this very clear. chairman camp and i were holding the hearing on friday, the highest ranking and made it clear we are not going to proceed on a partisan basis. we are going to get at the truth

and hold people responsible, period. >> if you want to take politics completely out of this, why not, you know, employee somehow an independent investigator to go into the irs to find out exactly what happened? >> look. the ig report is coming out tomorrow. dave camp and i are holding the hearing on friday. the person who made that report is going to come before us and also mr. miller, the acting commissioner, is going to come before us. he is going to have tough questions from democrats and republicans. this should not become a partisan vehicle. we need to protect the people of this country when the irs is wrong and that is what we are doing. >> congressman levin, thank you so much for taking the time and talking with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. let's take you back to new jersey for just a second. we can see more pictures of prince harry speaking with the governor of new jersey touring the neighborhood of seaside

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i'm watching these live pictures out of seaside heights, new jersey. the governor giving prince harry a tour. he is surrounded by all of these residents and i'm sure a couple of reporters in the mix but they are taking pictures and prince harry was signing autographs and mothers were carrying their babies over to him. you can see the prince got into an suv right now so they are probably going to the next spot but poppy harlow is in seaside heights but outside the crowd in a way. he seems to be so personable, prince harry. >> reporter: he is. . that is what we hear. this has been by all accounts a successful u.s. tour for prince harry. our max foster has been along the whole way.

overall it's been very successful. he was in washington at the white house. he went to walter reed to see some wounded veterans. something very close to his heart. he then went on to colorado to the wounded warriors games and now he is here in new jersey. you know, you mentioned, carol, he just got into an suv. because he is headed to where i'm standing so in a few minutes he should be here on the boardwalk in seaside heights. this is something the prince wanted to do. we are told he heard about sandy from some of the fellow officers he served with in the british army and he wanted to see the destruction for himself so governor christie is giving him that tour, similar to the tour that governor christie gave president obama after sandy. we are told that prince harry specifically wanted to see some of the worst hit areas in new jersey. so that is the town that he was just in looking at some of the worst devastation from the storm seven months later is not fully repaired by any means. i do want to player some sound from the interview that i just did with the mayor of this town

seaside heights talking about just how important it is to have this visit. it has been seven months since sandy and, you know, i've seen it around here. a lot of progress has been made but there's still a lot of work to be done. does this help a lot in putting new jersey the coast back on the map in terms of the aid that many argue is needed here? >> i would hope that it does. and not just for seaside heights. aid not only here but for the coast. seaside heights was hurt and some towns much worse than us. i would hope that everybody is getting the help they need to rebuild because the jersey shore will only be better if we come back together. >> reporter: interesting a royal frenzy whenever the royals come to the united states. you told me that the frenzy here about prince harry's visit is larger than when vice president joe biden was here. >> i'd have to say that to be perfectly honest and not taking

anything from the vice president, but i think as americans, we're used to seeing the vice president and he has more exposure on a daily basis. where seeing the prince actually come here and be here in person is something seaside heights has never had and this is our 100th year in existence. >> what is you can you tell me about what you and governor christie are going to show prince harry today? >> i think we are showing each other different things. first, the prince is coming here and i know one thing that was very important to him coming into the visit. he wanted to meet the first responders. i think that is something that is near and dear to him and we were very grateful for that. everyone forgets while we are rebuilding we didn't have any loss of life and they are responsible for that so we are grateful for that. what we do want to show, not only the prince but show everybody that seaside heights is doing it. we said we were going to be ready and we're going to give you the visual aid to let you

know that we are going to be ready for that holiday weekend. >> poppy, we want to stay on these pictures because we want the exact moment that prince harry arrives where you are because millions of women all over the world will be jealous that you're so close to prince harry and we're not. he has been -- i'm telling you, he is just so charming. he took part some so many things in the few days that he was in the united states. it's amazing. he was in the warrior games out in colorado and then he dressed up in his military uniform in washington, d.c. where he visited the tomb of the unknowns and took part in a wreath laying ceremony. everywhere he has been, he has been received so warmly. >> reporter: well, and i think, carol, it's important to note this has been a very professional tour of the united states doing all of those things. you know, he was at the british embassy in washington and having dinner with important folks networking. he is having that event later today in manhattan with prime minister david cameron promoting

british trade and doing things that are personally close to his heart. he has served in afghanistan. he is a member of the british military, a helicopter pilot. wounded warriors is very personal for him. he visited some wounded warriors at walter reed in washington and he participated in those games in colorado, the wounded warrior games and even saying he wants to try to take that international, perhaps uk version of that. then to come here. we are told one of the reasons the prince wanted to come here to see the destruction from sandy is that he heard about it from some of those he served with. i wanted to see the worst hit parts and what he did. this tour comes after the last time he was in the united states that made headlines because of, you know, some scandalous, reportedly scandalous behavior, however you want to put it, the photos that were taken in las vegas. you know? so, i mean, carol, this is a very different kind of tour from

that. so far it has been scandal-free. >> he must have a sense of humor because governor chris christie was joking about, you know, went down in vegas, didn't stay in vegas and it wouldn't be happening in new jersey. i'm sure prince harry heard all of that before he came to the united states and it doesn't seem like it fazed him at all. >>. >> reporter: it doesn't seem like it. we personally haven't had a chance to speak with the prince and i can't say that we will. i think we will be blocked off because of these barricades but our max foster has been on the trail with him throughout the united states the last six days and he is saying he is taking this very well and he is coming off very well and also max points out this is something who is a bit weary of the media throughout his life. the paparazzi following his mother, princess diana and the media following he and his entire family. he is often to keep a distance from the media but, at the same time, recognizes the importance

of the media on shedding light on things that are important to him much of which he is doing throughout this u.s. tour. >> we will pull away from you and take a quick break and hopefully, the motorcade will hit the parking lot from behind you when we take a commercial break. we will be right back. hi, i'm terry and i have diabetic nerve pain. it's hard to describe, because you have a numbness, but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was progressively getting worse, and at that point i knew i had to do something. once i started taking the lyrica the pain started subsiding. [ male announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda approved to treat diabetic nerve pain.

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all right. we are taking a live look at prince harry's motorcade in the front in that black suv with governor christie. they are on their way to seaside heights which is home to mtv's reality show "jersey shore." the prince will take a look at the roller coaster that is set to be demolished a few hours after prince harry leaves the area. it's only a couple of miles from where he just left moments ago

so it's going to take him a little while to get there. when he arrived on the boardwalk, we will head back to jersey. right now, we have to go on with other news. at any given time, 110 million americans have a sexually transmitted infection. our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here. it's difficult to talk about. >> but we have to do it. >> i admire you to do it. >> the reason why stds at epidemic levels despite the things that doctors and public health folks have tried to do. folks in high tech said we will take it upon ourselves to get rid of stds as much as we can. i wanted to talk about a couple of different apps and web sites. i have this app on my phone. not that i need it. i'm married and not worried about this. that said, you have a rash on some private part of your body

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prince harry has arrived and unfortunately that helicopter shot froze but you can see prince harry at seaside heights by that amusement park near the boardwalk to meet and greet people. poppy is not far from the prince so i'll bring her in right now and set the scene. >> reporter: well, i think i can definitively tell you, without eye-to-eye confirmation, that prince harry is here because of the screams that i am hearing from women by his motorcade! but actually i do see prince harry now just walking onto the boardwalk. he he is right next to governor chris christie. right on time. a little bit late but people have been here for hours waiting and waiting for him. this is his second stop here in new jersey. this whole coast really ravaged by sandy. the prince making it a point to stop here. spend a few hours here with the governor and tour the devastation. we can tell you that he did just

wrap up the time in that nearby town. what he did there included meeting the local mayor there. he went to see some towns -- some homes rather severely damaged by sandy. he spent time shaking hands with firefighters and other first responders similar to what we will see him do here. we also know that people are surrounding him with american flags and british flag and he did get a hat from a local police officer. as i take a look. you've got photographers surrounding prince harry. he is going to greet people. rows and rows of onlookers and everyone with their camera here to see the prince. the first time he has been here in new jersey. a big honor of the mayor here the seaside heights mayor told me and to put the spotlight on this area that has a long way to go in terms of rebuilding. >> there are important reasons that prince harry is visiting the state of new jersey along the jersey shore but we will have much more coverage out of

new jersey. poppy harlow, thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> thank you very much, carol. i'm ashlee banfield reporting live to you. he has nothing to lose and potentially everything to gain. four years, four years into a 33-year sentence for robbery, assault and kidnapping, o.j. simpson is appearing again in a vegas courtroom. he wants a brand-new trial on the grounds that his lead lawyer, the last time round he was in that courtroom, was lousy in his estimation. my colleague paul vercammen is watching this in las vegas. paul, lay out the core issues of why o.j. thinks he got a raw deal. >> reporter: among other things, o.j.'s new legal team is saying, one, he was not informed of the